How Beauty Has Changed Over 100 Years

See How Much Beauty Has Changed Over 100 Years

Beauty norms are funny in that, much like our wardrobes, they can turn on a dime. Red lips may be the look du jour, only to be eclipsed by a more natural pout mere months later. Our current obsessions (read: no-makeup makeup) change super quickly, but that's nothing compared to how they've evolved over the past century. And, a new time-lapse video shows us just how drastic those changes have been — and clocks in under a minute.

It's seriously cool to see how different beauty is now than it was 100 years ago. In the '20s, it was all about a small, drawn-on doll mouth. Women used lipliner and base products to manipulate their lips into smaller shapes. Today? They're still using liner, but now they're making their lips larger.

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And, that's not all. The 20th century and the start of the 21st have seen Victory Rolls, hella hairspray, caked-on foundation, and impossibly pin-straight strands. Interestingly, the looks chosen for the past two decades were the most snooze-worthy of the bunch. 2000 was dead-on Megan Fox — thick liner, nude lips, and straight hair. For 2010? Say hello to Kim Kardashian — and her selfies.

Watch the video above, and let us know: Do you think these looks represent the decades they're from? (Cut Video)

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